The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-08-11
New York, May 20, 1906, and was at the
time Of his death in his ninety-third year

Governor Ames, of Massachusetts,, gives
evidence Of the fact that the heated term
has arrived He recently said in public /
address, "The man who has wine regularly I
upon his table is justly the subject of wide
spread remark, and is not held in the high
est estimation by his fellow men,"
A sensation has been caused in Ottawa,
Ont, on good authority evidently, that the
actual murderer of Darcy MCGEE escaped
innocent man, was made the victim of cir
cumstantial evidence which cost him his |
life on the gallows.
A special cable dispatch TO the Toronto |
Globe says fresh proposals for the settle |
mCnt of fisheries dispute have recently been |
submitted by Washington authorities. |
They were approved at Ottawa, and favor |
ably received by the imperial government,
but arc still under consideration.
Somebody has started silly story to the
effect that Mr. Gladstone is coming to
America as the guest of Mir. Blaine If
MIR. Gladstone ever comes to America at
all, which is doubtful, he will be the guest
Of the whole American people.
Mr.. Chauncy Depcw wants it distinctly
understood that he has not gone to Europe
to fix any political slate for next year. He
has gone to borrow 81, 000, 900 to help build
Duluth. A man who can borrow $1,000
600 has no time TO fool with political states.
Dispatches from Shanghai, China, to the
London STANDARD state that Jay Gould and
the American Silver King have established
an American Chinese bank, wish a capital
Of $500, ,000, 600. George Gould says there
is no truth in the report that his father is
interested in an American Chinese bank.
May Sharpstecn is little girl of seven,
who is heir to 100000 She inhcrits
the money from her late father, who was
member of the wealthy firm of Arnold,
Constable g. Co., of New York city. Miss
| Sharpstccn narrowly escaped death a few
days ago at Sea Girt.
About twenty houses in Northampton
county, Pa, and eight in Warren county,
N. j., were damaged by lightning Sunday.
| Many cellars were Hooded by tho heavy
rains. The damage to streets and pave
mcntS in Easton and South Boston, Pa, by
wash outs is estimated at $12 900.
The New Orleans Pjcayune observes:
"Thc Rochester IdoertiSer offers Henry
George a farm if he will move on it and go
| to work. The offer is a safe one. George
cannot own land, and he certainly has no
taste for laboring on farm. He has other
anti poverty methods Of hogging the
public"
Parsons Pa, is sorcly distressed A dam
burst on the side Of the mountain. The
whole town was flooded and people had to
| llCc for their lives. Some were caught in
road tracks and even hotels were swept
away. Damage to railroads. $685. 900; viii
lngc, $GO,0OO.
President Cleveland is the most univcr.
sally courted man in the country. Every
village, town and city have or will invite
him "tO spend Il few days" before the year
is over. 1t looks very much as if the peo
pie were going to invite him to spend a
second term in the White House. There
is vcrlablc tidal wave in his favor.
General Greedy, the head Of the signal
service, wants the government to go into
the balloon business. lie will ask the next
Congic:s TO appropriate $4,000 to begin
| the establishment OF permanent balloon
system of weather observation. General
| Grccly thinks the efficiency Of the service
can be greatly improved by this means.
The red men al OH the war path Sheriff
Workman arrived at Aitiin, MINI, from
the Mile Lacs reservation. lie reports
them with half moons in their face ready
for war. While the Sheriff and posse were
going ont they were watched bya dozen
lntlians with rifles. Three Indians have
bccu killed and more are to follow.
John Bcall, thirteen years of age, who
has been in Jail at Eaton, Ohio, six weeks
ON the charge Of killing his mother, has
made Il confession to the prosecuting attor-
ncy, The sheriff and cX-shcrilI. No motive
for his can bc assigned, except that he was
angry at what seemed to him to be cvi-
dcnct of fayoritism shown to his sister by
his mother.
Some friends Of Mrs. Winfield Scott
Hancock, who now lives in Washington,
arc urging her appointment rs postmaster
Of that city. The movement was begun
entirely without the knowledge of Mrs.
Hancock and it is probable that she does
not care for the office. General Hancock
died poor, but fund of $40, 600 was raised
for his widow soon after his DEATH and she
draws II $4,000 pension.
Ohio las a queer election law, which
makes it IN October State in years when
there is no presidential election When a
presidential election is at hand Ohio must
vote in November for any State officers it
may have to elect The terrible strain
which both parties used to endure in watch
ing Ohio and Indiana on the eve of a ma
tiOnaI contest is thus removed, as Indiana
is no longer an October State.
1t is said that the name of james G..
Blaine was not mentioned mt the Ohio CON
| Vcntlon. This was III accordance with the
instructions Of John Sherman. When
Foraker nominated Sherman for President
at the Chicago convention in 1884, he casu.
ally referred to Blaine. At the mention of
this name the convention rose and chccred
for five minutes. Sherman did not want a
repetition of that scene ut Toledo.
While Deacon Richard Smith is grinding
the ComnercjaL Gazette organ for Sherman
| Murut IIalStcad is on the other side of the
Atlantic prophcsying that Blaine will be
nominated. In the meantime $. Romeo
Reed steers clear Of the turmoil of politics
and continues to write his two column pas
tOrals. The COmmerciaL- GdzeHGis operated
by powerful triumvir0tc.
Chinese native papers contain the follow.
ing items: "A plague Of sudden death is
raging at Nankin. People are dying in
every quarter, and there are many instances
of sudden deaths People are apparently
well in the morning and dead in the after.
| noon" Figures show that the Chinese
population has diminished 10000, 900 in
| forty five NcnrS EmigrntiOn hns hnnn IN